New England Air Museum displays choppers

The New England Air Museum will feature many of the helicopters in its extensive collection during a Helicopter Day event June 23.

The New England Air Museum will feature many of the helicopters in its extensive collection during a Helicopter Day event June 23.

Photo: New England Air Museum / Contributed Photo

Photo: New England Air Museum / Contributed Photo

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The New England Air Museum will feature many of the helicopters in its extensive collection during a Helicopter Day event June 23.

The New England Air Museum will feature many of the helicopters in its extensive collection during a Helicopter Day event June 23.

Photo: New England Air Museum / Contributed Photo

New England Air Museum displays choppers

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If you’re looking for an uplifting experience, then head to Windsor Locks on Saturday, June 23, as the New England Air Museum will feature many of the helicopters in its extensive collection during a Helicopter Day event.

For the first time, the museum will display more than 20 helicopters and equipment, including many that have been in storage for several years and are not usually open to the public, the museum said in a news release.

Some of the helicopters will be open to the public for tours and there will be experts there to explain the aircraft and their operation.

The helicopters include the 22,000 pound CH-54 Tarhe, sometimes called the Skycrane; a single seat gyrocopter; a Navy drone; an award winning manpowered helicopter; and many others. At 1:00 Kevin Bredenbeck, former Sikorsky test pilot, will present "X2 Technology Sikorsky Door Step into the Future” at 1 p.m.